"Chills! Tim Allis' intoxicating foray into the majestic life of fashion impresario Henri Bendel drips with glamorous escapism. I inhaled it."

--Simon Doonan, former creative director of Barney's and author of The CAMP 100: Glorious Flamboyance, from Louis XIV to Lil Nas X

"I'm so happy to have this book. In this time when history is being forgotten or worse, rewritten, it's great to have a testament to the brilliance and quality that was Henri Bendel."

--Isaac Mizrahi, fashion designer and entertainer

"This stylish and engrossing volume illuminates the life of Henri Bendel, one of the greatest retailers of the twentieth century. Allis has unearthed every last fascinating fact about this Louisiana-born aesthete who conquered New York in order to create a world of style for himself and his fortunate clients. Lavishly illustrated and designed, this book fills an enormous gap in twentieth-century American and French fashion history."

--Caroline Rennolds Milbank, author of Fashion: A Timeline in Photographs, 1850 to Today and Couture: The Great Designers

"A splendid biography of this son of Lafayette, Louisiana. Beautifully written, gorgeously illustrated, an absolute delight!"

--John Magill, New Orleans historian and author of The Incomparable Magazine Street

"A sumptuous pleasure worthy of the tastemaker it memorializes."

--Ruth Laney, author of Cherie Quarters: The Place and the People That Inspired Ernest J. Gaines

"Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned is a revealing biography of an elusive retail pioneer who changed how Americans shop."

--Erika Harlitz Kern, Foreword Reviews

Publisher: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette

Pub date: 2024-09-24

Length: 264 pages